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Isère 

a department in southeastern France. Area, 8,200 sq km; population, 798,000 (1971). The administrative center is Grenoble. The Alps occupy more than half of the department’s surface area (highest elevation, 4,103 m). The valleys of the Rhône, Isère, and Drac rivers make up the flat and low lying sections. There is also an extensive forested area. The leading branch of the economy is industry. Among Isère’s industries are hydroelectric-power production, electrometallurgy, electrochemistry, and machine building. Paper, silk, and food are also processed. Livestock is raised and tourism is popular in the area.
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In the higher end of the valley of Isere, where cretins are very numerous, they lead an out-of-door life with the cattle which they are taught to herd.
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